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minuet

/mɪnˌjuːˈet/min-yoo-ET
/mɪnˌjuˈɛt/min-yoo-ET

Meaningsmall

Common meaning: stately dance in triple time

Journey through time

  1. Latinminutus‘small’source
  2. Frenchmenu‘smallish, little, pretty’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssmallish, little, pretty → stately dance in triple timeminuet‘stately dance in triple time’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin minutus ‘small’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MINUET, p. 370 · dictionary scan

Roots

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